Equal in pleasure and pain, self-contained, seeing a clod, a stone, and gold as the same; equal toward the pleasant and unpleasant, steady, equal in blame and praise—

The portrait of the guṇātīta deepens with a series of equalities that span the entire range of human valuation. Equal in pleasure and pain (sama-duḥkha-sukha). Self-abiding, resting in the Self (svastha — literally, "situated in one's own nature"). Seeing a clod of earth, a stone, and gold as equally real — equally products of Prakriti, equally impermanent (sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcana). Equal toward the pleasant and the unpleasant (tulya-priyāpriya). Steady, wise (dhīra). Equal in blame and praise (tulya-nindātmasaṃstuti). These are not cultivated attitudes — they are natural expressions of one who has found their identity beyond all of Prakriti's fluctuations.